A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the new Elks new dining facility. The caption reads: “Over 200 Elks were present at a dinner session held at the order’s new $15,000 Teak Room and Dining Room on Sixth Avenue, North, last...

An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. In the foreground, Chief Justice Earl Warren and another judge look at a "No Prayer Decree" and look out the...

A photograph of six young women sitting on the ground in front of Nashville's Parthenon at Centennial Park, West End Avenue at 25th Avenue North, which is an exact replica of Athen's Parthenon. This photograph appeared in the Nashville Banner...

A photograph of the Christ the King's Boys' Choir singing "Put a candle in the window" at the 1950 Fannie Battle Social Workers' Christmas tea, held at the home of Mrs. Tony Sudekum. From left to right, the singers are: Robert Kirchner, Joe...

Cover of 22-page brochure providing statistics and information about Nashville schools, health and public services, police and fire departments, cultural and recreational activities, internal improvements and transportation, business climate, and a...

An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon is a caricature of the Democratic presidential balloting and supporters in the national election...

A boy sitting on the roadside on the park grounds of Shelby Park. This large urban park is located approximately three miles east of downtown Nashville, Tennessee in East Nashville, along the Cumberland River. The Nashville Park Commission...

A photograph of a class in modern dance at Ward-Belmont College located at 1900 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee. Pictured are Claudia Whitson (top center), (down left to right) Jane Bagley, Yvette Franz, Obduha Rafferty, Betty Lou Gibson,...

Pamphlet written by Anna Holden in cooperation with the Nashville Congress of Racial Equality group, 1958. The pamphlet tells how a CORE group helped parents and children, despite the violence of segregationist mobs, to desegregate public schools...

A copy photograph of an 1890's gymnastics class of young female students at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph shows Mary Louise and Sadie Warner (later Mrs. William Mallison and Mrs. George Frazier) on the gym...

A horse-drawn vehicle of the Middle Tennessee region pictured in an undated photograph. The inscription on this vehicle reads: “Starred in Paramount Picture ‘All the Way Home, Oct. 17, 1962.’” A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanical piece of...

A horse-drawn vehicle of the Middle Tennessee region pictured in an undated photograph. The inscription on the vehicle reads: “Starred in Paramount Picture ‘All the Way Home, Oct. 17, 1962.’” A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanical piece of...

A horse-drawn vehicle of the Middle Tennessee region pictured in an undated photograph. A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanical piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were...

A horse-drawn vehicle of the Middle Tennessee region pictured in an undated photograph. A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanical piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were...

A horse-drawn vehicle of the Middle Tennessee region pictured in an undated photograph. A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanical piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were...

A horse-drawn vehicle of the Middle Tennessee region pictured in an undated photograph. A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanical piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were...

A horse-drawn vehicle of the Middle Tennessee region pictured in an undated photograph. A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanical piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were...

A horse-drawn vehicle of the Middle Tennessee region pictured in an undated photograph. The sign on this vehicle reads: “Woodfin & Moore.” A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanical piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These...

The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...

A man standing in front of a stone wall, with an electric automobile in the background parked near a residence. Electric automobiles were a special model that was mainly sold to women drivers and physicians who desired the dependable immediate...